Nigeria Postal Code

Nigeria is a country which is located in the western coast of Africa, and it is biggest natural gas producing nation in the Africa. Nigeria is one of the beautiful countries in the world with the most attractive sights like mountain range, beach, tropical forest, city skyline or desert – local landscapes, by the year 2050 Nigeria would be one of the top 10 economic nations in the world.

Land area

Nigeria covers the total area of 923,768km², and it has been ranked 31st among other nations in the world in terms of land area. Nigeria shares borders to north by Niger, to the east by Chad and Cameroon, to the south by the Gulf of Guinea of the Atlantic Ocean, and to the west by Benin.

Water area

Nigeria contains the total water of 1.41% which is quite good if we compare to other big countries which may be rich in some things but not in water, the main source of water for Nigeria is from rivers in fact all the 36 states in Nigeria are named after the rivers. But only 19% of the people can access the clean water although they’re rich in water resource but still they can’t access the clean water to all the inhabitants.

Mountains

Nigeria is having over 2000 mountains and Dimlang (Vogel) Peak is one of the highest points with an elevation of 2,042 metres, The highest mountain in Nigeria is Gangirwal which stands at 2,419m and it lies in the Adamawa mountains in a corner of Gashaka-Gumti National Park.

PIN CODE

PIN = Postal Index Number

How to find a pin code?

Each administrative division maintains its own postal code for mail delivery purposes. Having the correct code is essential to your mails delivery.

Nigeria uses the 6 digit pin code system in which the first two digits has an indications and the last two digits has other indications and what it indicates is listed below;

• The first 3 digits indicates the head post office in regional town
• The last 2 digit indicates the destination post office

Postal stamps

These are some of the stamps which is being used in Nigeria and the price of these stamps are listed in picture which is shown above.

Nigeria Postal and courier service companies list

below shown are the top 5 postal service which were ranked in Nigeria:-

• Zenith Carex International Limited
• Sky Net
• Red Star Express
• DHL
• United Parcel Service